Ooh, colors. Colors going boom; colors that look like mushroom clouds and jelly fish and stacks of smoke; colors that drip, build, melt and reach out with sinewy tendrils… Thought you could use something vivid to look at in the middle of the day, so here’s the Aqueous series. British photographer Mark Mawson is an underwater specialist, meaning, he plays around dropping DayGlo paint into a tank of water and photographing it with a strobe light. Other stuff that looks great underwater: Roses, butterflies, models of shipwrecks, human organs, piss-soaked crucifixes…
Ooh, colors. Colors going boom; colors that look like mushroom clouds and jelly fish and stacks of smoke; colors that drip, build, melt and reach out with sinewy tendrils… Thought you could use something vivid to look at in the middle of the day, so here’s the Aqueous series. British photographer Mark Mawson is an underwater specialist, meaning, he plays around dropping DayGlo paint into a tank of water and photographing it with a strobe light. Other stuff that looks great underwater: Roses, butterflies, models of shipwrecks, human organs, piss-soaked crucifixes…
French Graffiti Writer Busted for Bombing Trains
A graffiti writer hailing from France and wanted by authorities in two states, was arrested in early December at Newark Airport, as he was preparing to fly back to Paris, where he has a criminal record for painting stuff. And that’s how they caught him here. Read more »
So, Selena Gomez flew to Harmony Korine’s house in Nashville where she “watched all his movies” and “was like, ‘I want to be in your movie’” and he auditioned her “for like an hour or two hours and it was awesome.” Like, oh my God, awesome! Picture that. So, what “very dark” and “very different” role is the relatively obscure cult filmmaker cooking up for the nineteen-year-old Disney millionaire? Read more »
The Five People You Meet in Hell (Newark Airport)
Over 40 million Americans took to the air in the final weeks of December. Regrettably, I was one of them. While most people focus their frustrations on TSA employees or surly flight attendants, the reality is that flying and dealing with those people is often the least taxing part. After my recent experience at Newark Airport, I realize it’s us, the air travelers, who are the real problem. Read more »
As if the United States didn’t do enough damage to Iraq during an illegal, eight year occupation that destroyed infrastructure, killed civilians, and fragmented the populace, the New York Times reports on the $11 billion arms package being peddled by the Obama administration. Read more »
Parting Shot
Guard dog Max keeps watch over a trailer beautified by street artist Specter in Ridgewood. (Photo: Luna Park/Flickr)
Keeping up with the Occupy Wall Street protest movement is a daunting task for news outlets big and small, so from here on in, we’ll be doing a daily roundup of the latest goings-on. (Photo: @khalidkhan787/twitpic) Read more »
Major drama’s going down at the Louvre as a pivotal member of the international consulate committee has resigned, allegedly because cleaners got a bit “overzealous” with a Leonardo da Vinci painting. It’s too bright. It’s too sharp. It’s kind of HDR. Read more »
Premiering tonight at the FilmForum, Gianfranco Rosi’s El Sicario: Room 164 takes you into a drab hotel room where a hooded narco hitman with $250,ooo contract on his head will boast about his 20 years of killing and torturing hundreds. Read more »
Customs and Border Protection announced the acquisition of yet another Predator drone to its growing fleet. Most notable for killing enemy targets (and civilians) in sovereign nations the U.S. isn’t officially at war with, this latest addition gives the federal agency a total of nine unmanned aircraft to patrol the border and keep would-be cow poachers in check.
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